AAADD - Know the Symptoms

AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better,even though I have it!!

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and

decide it needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I

brought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay

my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that

the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first. But

then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may

as well pay the bills first. I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only one check

left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I

find the can of Coke I'd been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push

the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Coke is getting warm, and I decide

to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of

flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need water. I put the Coke on the counter and

discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them

back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the

counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the

kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but I

won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it

belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it

spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the

day: the car isn't washed the bills aren't paid there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter

the flowers don't have enough water, there is still only 1 check in my check book, ! I can't find

the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys. Then,

when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was

busy all day, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help

for it, but first I'll check my e-mail....

Do me a favor. Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who the

heck I've sent it to.

Don 't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!